Truth und
appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
PUCCCCS and creditable standing. Accor-
( ingly , it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
Jand Elixir of Senna , is the only remedy of *
Ikuown value , but one of many rejuons
' why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses ,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any debilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantitj' from time to time.
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative , and its component
.parts are known to and approved by
iphysicians , as it is free from all objection-
'nble ' substances. To get it- beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. , only , and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
THOUGHT CHILI ) WOULI > DIE.
"Whole Hotly CoTered vrltli Cuban Itch
Ciiticurn. HemcriieM Cured at C * t
of Seventy-Fire Cents.
"My little boy , when only an Infant
of three months , caught the Cuban
Itch. Sores broke out from his head
to the bottom of his feet He would
itch and claw himself and cry all the
time. He could not sleep day or night ,
and a light dress is all he could wear.
I called one of our best doctors to
treat him , but he seemed to get worse.
lie suffered so terribly that my hus
band said he believed he would have
to die. I had almost given up hop *
when a lady friend told me to try the
Cuticura Remedies. I used the Cuti-
cura Soap and applied the Cuticura
Ointment and he at once fell Into a
sleep , and he slept with ease far th
lirst time since two months. After
three applications the sores began to
dry up , and in just two weeks from
the day 1 commenced to use the Cuti
cura Remedies ray baby was entirely
well. The treatment only cost m 75c ,
and I would have gladly paid $100 if I
could not have got it cheaper , i feel
xi fe in saying that the Cuticura Reme
dies saved his life. He is now a boy
of five years. Mrs. Zana Miller , Union
City , R. F. D. No. 1 , Branch Co. ,
tfich. . May 17. 100G. "
I'll Her a Different
" 'Variety , ' " quoted the man with the
bulging brow. " Ms the spice of life. ' "
"Ye- ; , " : i sfnted the mau with the bulb
ous no f1 ! "but that isn't , the name of it
now. It's vaudeville. "
Only One "BIIOMO QUININE"
That is L , YXATIVE BKOMO QUININE. Lee
for the signature of E.V. . GROVE. Used the
World over to Cure a Cold In One day. ! ioc.
A " 30-penny nail" means that 1,000
nails weigh ten pounds. The word
"penny" in this sense is a corruption of
pound.
Hides , Pels and Wool.
To get full value , ship to the old re
liable N. W. Hide & Fur Co. , Minneap
olis , Minn.
An Open Policy.
The death of Mr. Conger , former
American minister at Peking , brought
to mind the services rendered by that
gentleman at the terrible time of the
Boxer uprising. A word of praise and
appreciation is spoken by an English
man in his book entitled , "The Siege of
the Peking Legations. " Shut up to
gether as the various foreigners were ,
and living daily in the face of death ,
it was interesting to observe the differ
ent policies adopted by the heads of
; he several legations. Says the Rev.
Poland Allen :
The American minister was always
> ery ready to communicate news , and
old his people everything which went
on. In ibis his policy differed from
jhat of the I'ritish authorities , who
often suppressed news of public iiiter-
ist , aud posted notices of letters re
ceived several days after the event ,
and when its general tenor was widely
Known by rumor.
This caused great discontent , and
kept the people in constant suspense.
No doubt there was some reason for
suspicion that news of affairs of state
might leak out to Chinese ears , but
there was no reason for delaying items
which were intended to be published
at all.
Such a policy of secrecy irritated
minds and kept up a condition of anx
iety , a state of affairs successfully
avoided by the American minister.
I-Cnetv.
"I don't take any stock in the profes
sions of these politicians. " the visitor was
remarking. "They've all got some selflsh
sehenw to put through. You never can
tell what a man has up his sloove. "
"I can. Mr. .Tvme.s , " s.iid iittle Clar
ence , biittiu ; : into the conversation.
"You've ? ot a dirty cuff up yours. I
can see it. "
If you find it hard work to * handle
ensilage , use an ensilage fork , made
especially for the purpose.
A well-fed pig is a contented one
and will take only exercise sis required
for health. Thrift not hunger should
prompt for exorcise.
Mr. W. P. Thurston , a successful
hog grower and feeder , jsays that salt
and wood ashes should be given to
hogs frequently in order to keep them
In good healthy condition.
For the cabbage worms , sprinkle
while dew is on the leaves , with air-
slacked lime , salt or fine dust. All are
gocd and , of course , no harmful results
can follow. Many dislike using poipon
on the cabbage.
If the complaining farmer will com
pare notes with the city fellow who
gets $2,000 a year , but has to buy ev
erything he needs , be may be surprise' !
to learn the amount of salary he is
actually getting.
When selecting corn for table use ,
leave an early ear on a stalk that pro
duces two ears , for seed ; in this way
one can bring tiw crop on earlier each
succeeding your. I the corn isn't a
good variety , don't save sei-d.
Navy beans do fairly \vell In soil
only moderately rich , while Limns re
quire the best. Beets often give 400 to
500 bushels to the acre , parsnips the
same and tomatoes nearly ; ; s much ,
though often less than 300 bushels.
Ashes will do for the dust bath , but
ilesm , mellow earth is preferable. An
RSh bath may injure the color of the
legs by being too alkali. The logs of
fowls are kept the right color by keeping -
ing thorn on grass runs with good food
and pler > ty of exercise.
In answer to the question which is
better , to plow under green clover or
out it and feed it to stock , and plow
under the stubble ; by all means food
the clover , provided the manure is
properly cared for and hauled buck
npon the land. That is a ease where
you "eat your .cake . and have it too. "
1
One of the strongest points about
the mule is the fact that It costs so
little to keep him. It Is very seldom
that ono finds eren a large mule that
requires as heavy constant feeding jis
n horse. They also require less care ,
keep cleaner and are more steady
workers on an average than horses. (
The coal-tar dips are about the best *
that can be used , as they will not stain
or Injure the fleece ; In fact , will add
a luster to it. One should never use
a dip of poisonous nature , if the sheep
have any skin disease or cuts on them ,
and it is on this ground that the nonpoisonous -
poisonous coal tar dips are recom
mended. '
As to onions , with deep moist , rich
soil , which is the only kind that makes
paying crops , anywhere from 200 to
400 bushels may be gathered , owing to
the season , as they seldom bring less
than 50 cents per bushel. They are
usually a profitable crop , but they re
quire a deal of labor , and much of It of
the hard , back-breaking kind.
f
The men who advocate the plan of
ventilating stables with muslin screens a
have one mighty argument. It doesn't
cost much to try It. All you have to
do is to take out some of the glass and
put frames covered with cloth in Its
place. That is simple enoucb , and at
a cost of a few cents you can try It.
Add to this the fact that no one re
ports failure , while all say the cloth ol
screens keep the stable sweet and com
fortable. Try it.
.0
Scaly Itcx i f
A farmer says his hens are badly
troubled with scaly leg. and wonders
what causes the disease and how to
cure it The trouble is caused by n
small parasite which burrows into the
scales of the bird's legs and causes \v
them to protrude. -
The cure is not at all difficult Fill fi
an empty fruit can with coal oil and in
this keep the legs of the bird Immersed
for a few minutes. Do this every day
or two. This treatment alone will
usually kill the parasites , hut It Is well C (
to supplement this by using lard or al
fried meat grease as an ointment for (1 (
(1w
the legs , nibbing it In well. When the w
scales commence to peel off , grease the Jf
legs with vaseline every day or two for Ii
about a week. in
ci
Return * from Cottonwool ! Tree * . tl
At a recent meeting of the South tlfc
western Horticultural Society of Iowa , cc
a gentleman of good reputation made ccB
an Interesting statement with refer IK
ence to the profits of timber culture on IKbi
the Western prairies. Twenty years bi
ago he planted a row of cottonwood tl. :
slips four feet apart and half a mile le
long along the highway fronting his tv :
The trees gre tall and riirifij , 7 :
and as they attained large size drew
upon his farm field adjoining for a
\\idth of thrcu rods , occupying thus
about three acres of land. Last fall
and winter all but one hundred of the
trees wei\i cut and from thorn was
made 22,000 feet of serriceablo lum
ber , board measure , and 250 cords of
wood.X The lumber sold for $15 per
thousand and the wood was worth
$2.25 per .cord , or a cash ralua for the
lumber grown on thase throa acres of
$1,042 , or $347.50 per acre , making
an annual income of $17.37 per acre for
each of the twenty years. It should be
stated in this connection that these
trees grew upon the loose soil of the
Missouri slope , a soil where the cottonwood -
wood tree finds its most perfect de
velopment , and we do not believe the
above record could be duplicated upon
the average prairie soils of the West
Poultry Experiment * .
The Maine station house for
hens Is fully described in a bulletin
issued by the- experiment station at
Orono , and the advantage of the house
20 foot v ide over the narrow ones are
shown by experience to be : Economy in
construction , ease of management and
greater comfort of the birds.
Following a description of the portable - j
able brooder-bouses is a discussion of
their use in winter , when they would
otherwise have been unocopied. Two
hand red and seventy pullets were put .
into sixteen of fhose houses and kept
there Irom November to March , inclu
sive. They wore in good health during
the winter , laid freely , but not as well
ay their nates in the largo houses. The
food they ate cost $17.j , and they laid
1,0. dozen eg s , which sold for $34S ,
leaving 17M lo pay for taking care
of them , which was done in connection
irh other work , and did not consume
n great cloal of time.
The desirability of locating the yards |
on thi' north , rather than the south [
side of the open-front houses , and the
Inadequacy of the growth of plants in
ordinary yards as a source of green'j
iimu r food , arc shown.
The dangers from the too free use of
su"culent food in winter , and the great
value of srood clover hay as part of the
dally fond throughout the year , are ;
urjunl as matters of consequence. !
Experiences with four different ineth- j
otls of feeding young chicks are given. \
and the station ration for laying hens i
i.s described. '
Ai experiment , in which whole corn '
i.s compared with cracked corn in tha j
ration for laying heiw , is reported. A !
thousand hens were employed in the '
test , which so far hns extended from
XoverulxH- May , and the data shows
conclusively that there are no advant
ages to be gained by cracking the corn
Apple S .b.
An ever present and very generally |
neglected pest of the orchard Is the fungous - .
gous disease , apple scab , or "black .
spot , " as it Ls sometimes called. The j
disease , says a Maine bulletin , has been i
so ! frequently described as to be perfectly - '
fectly . familiar. Spraying Is effective
in ' securing a crop of fruit relatively
free from thig disease , even in those
seasons when the scab la most prevac
lent.
For several years the conditions have '
been such that the fruit has been relatively - <
atively ' free from scab , and as a re
sult many growers who took up the
practice of . '
.spraying some years ago
have gradually ceased to spray. It
should be said , however , that this neglect -
lect is wholly comparable to the neg
lect which permits the lapse of a lire
insurance policy. It might be unnecessary - ;
essary to spray to secure a crop of fair
fruit one year , or even two or three f
years in succession ; but when the unfavorable - t
favorable season does come , if sprayj j
ing has been neglected , there Is frequently - '
quontly a needless loss of several hunb
dred barrels of fruit in orchards of
average size. |
The fact has been clearly demonstrated - S
ed that , In a bad season , there was a
difference of 50 per cent in the amount
of perfect fruit upon sprayed and unsprayed -
sprayed trees , the best results being
obtained from the use of Bordeaux mix
ture. In other words , trees not spray
ed gave on three successive years .1 ,
and 3S.2 per cent of the fruit free
from scab , while the same years an
equal number of trees sprayed with
eau celeste ( copi > er sulphate , carbo
nate of soda and ammonia ) gave 58.S ,
30.1 and 72.8 per cent , respectively.
The third year Bordeaux mixture
was used and crave still better results
70.0 per cent of the fruit being free
from scab.
From these and similar results ob
tained all over the country It Is ev5-
ilent that spraying has censed to be an
experiment as a means of controlling
certain orchard diseases. The results
nbove cited have been repeatedly con-
tinned both at this station and else-
ivhere. Reference Is made to the sub
ject at this time only to emphasize the
importance : of using precautionary
measures. Even though there be no
rep of fruit , the Increased vigor of
"he trees as a result of clean , healthy
"oliage , will far more than repay the
est of spraying. This spraying with
Bordeaux mixture should be clone first
jefore the buds burst , and again Im-
nedlately after the blossoms fall , If
jut two treatments are to be given. If
he season Is very wet , however , at
east four treatments at Intervals of
wo or three weeks are found to be ad-
MISCHIEF FLIES DO.
ThJx Insect Is the Veritable Ansrcl
of Pestilence.
One by on the plagues of Egypt are
Jbeing abolished by science. The frogs
were abolished long ago by the drain
tile. The ileus are checked by insect
.powder , and the darkness that could
, be felt has melted away before the arc
light. The sixth plague still remains
in full glory. The ily is always with
us. The great Dr. Radcliffe used to
declare that the three worst annoy
ances of life were smoke , flies and ir-
rolerant questions. Humanity has
hitherto accepted these with a patient
chrug of the 'shoulders as among the
ineritable.
At last the worm has turned. It is
proceeding slowly to put on smoke con
sumers , and has declared a war of ex
termination against the fly. The mo
tives which whet hitherto easily
blunted purpose are supplied by sci
ence. They are , first , that flies carry
disease ; second , that their very pres
ence is a sign of dirt.
That the fly is frequently the angel
of the pestilence has long been suspect
ed , says Collier's in an important ar
ticle , but its most vivid and impres
sive demonstration was furnished by
the disgraceful death rate from ty
phoid , one of the most scandalous of
the many murders of official stupidity ,
in our camps in'the South during the
Spanish-American war. It was clear
ly proved by the eminent commission
of experts , -wild investigated the situ
ation postmortem , that the principal
means of the spread of this dreaded
disease was the flight of flies from the
excreta of the earliest cases to the food
exposed in the camp kitchens , carrying
the typhoid germs on their legs and
probosces.
What a Jubilee Is.
Some years ago , before Queen Vic
toria's death and about the time that
the queen's jubilee was to be celebrated ,
the following conversation between two
old Scotchwomen was overheard one
day on a street corner in London :
"Can ye tell me , wumman , what Is
it they call a jubilee ? "
"Well , it's this , " said her neighbor ,
"when folk has been married twenty-
five years , that's a silver wuddin' , and
when they have been married fifty
years that's a golden wuddin' , but if
the mon's dead then it's a jubilee. "
Harper's Weekly.
$100 Reward , $100.
The readers of this paper -will be pleased
to i learn that there Is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
j
la all its stages , and that Is Catarrh. Hall's
Catarrh i Cure is the only positive cure now
j known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
beins : a constitutional disease , requires a
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure ( is taken Internally , acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
\
system , thereby destroying the foundation of
the ' disaaw , and giving the patient strength
] by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work. The proprie
tor * hare so much faith In Its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollan for
any case that It falls to cure. Send f < > " l.st
of testimonials.
Addrasa F. J. CHENEY & CO. , T . e 1 . . O.
Sold IT all Druggists , 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for cott i itlon.
An effort is being made to encourage
the diamond cutting industry at Cape
Town. The work has been heretofora
dons almost exclusively at Amsterdam ,
but \ at present a great deal of this work
Ja being done in the United States.
Mrs. Wjnslow's Roothlnj Syrup for Child
ren teething , softeus the gums , ieduces In
flammation , allays pain , cures wind colic.
25c a bottle.
Not WortH V/ille.
Austere Person I can't tip you , young
man , unless you have change for a ten
ner.
ner.Walter
Walter ( sizing him up ) Keep your
dime * , sir ; I haven't a nickel about me.
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PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cur * any
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COc.
Explanation.
Edwin , aged 3 , who fondled his small
cat overmuch and unwisely , appeared
before his mother one day , his little
face guiltily pained and a scatch upon
bis hand.
"What happened ? " she asked.
"I bent the kitty a little , " he said ;
briefly.
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than any other manufaclurer fn ho
world , because they held tiar
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The American traveler who endeav
ors to hasten the comfortably Baited
Orient against its wish soon comes to .1
halt. That was the experience of "A
Woman Alone in the Heart of Japan. "
"Make the rikman hurry. I have : i
date , and can't wait here all day. " she
said to the "boss rikiiiaif' at the sta
tion. He blazed like a fiery dragon.
"Veil , you get so mad , you no can
wait for dis , you go find 'uodder rik-
Bha , " he said.
She answered very meekly :
"Dear friend , you do not know mo.
I am not the least bit mad. This is
only a gentle American hustle. If you
want me to be real mad , I will shotf
you the difference. "
"Veil , you vas almos' mad , " he Insist
ed. "You seem Jus' like mad when
you say , 'No can wait ; mus' have ril-
sha quick ; hurry up ! ' "
Horrible
dear , " snid Mrs. Strongniind. "I
want yon to accompany me to the town
hall to-morro\y evening. "
"What for ? " queried the mevk and
lowly other half of the combine.
"I am to lecture on the 'Dark Side of
Married Life' , " explained Mrs. S. . "and
I want you to sit on the platform and
pose as one of the illustrations. " Chicago
cage News.
Flurry.
First Broker Any excitement on the
street to-day ?
Second Broker You bet ! Sudden drop
isi copper. Trolley wire broke.
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A typical Englishwoman , \h-'n some
one spoke tha other day of a oertaiu
man having a "iwelli'd ! u-iJ. " looked
dazed. "Really ! You < lou't moau it ! "
cried the Englishwoman. "I'm very
sorry. " A day or so later the Englis-h-
woman. happening to mcH't the wife of
the man in question , observed that she
was so sorry to hear that Mr. Blanic
was ill.
"But he Isn't ! " cried the wife. lie
was never better in his life. "
"Is that so ? " said the Eu lishwomaa.
"Why , what could Mrs. Dash hare
meant the other day whr n < he said
was suffering from a swelled head ? ' "
S. C. X. U. - - No. 52 1007.
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fuel , but a mass of useless stuff that has to be removed
promptly or it will clog your machinery , poison your blood ,
throw your liver out of gear , and make you act mean to those you love.
Your stomach is sour , your skin yellow , your breath offensive , and you hate
yourself and all mankind. Winter or summer it's all the same , when you
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